The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-27

general Eastern agent for the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy road. has accepted the same posi-
ton with the Union Pacific. with headquarters
in New York city.
General and Personal.
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore &c Ohio have
resumed the sale of thousand-mile tickets at
500
The Michigan Central has done the largest
passenger business this season of any road lead
ing east out of Chicago.
The Lake Erie e. Western will change the
time of departure of the evening train Sunday,
making it 6 instead of o'clock.
The earnings of the Big Four road for the first
three weeks IL August We're $3.50. 29O against
$15S. $40 in the same period last year.
The Directors OF the st. Louis. Alton e.
Springfield have voted issue ST. 200 900 bonds
to extend the road from Elsah to Alton.
j. NJ g. l. section men have received special
notice ordering them to carefully examine all
bridges their line and see that they are kept
in good repair.
be announced that the Council Bluffs division of
the Chicago, Milwaukee Sc St Paul has been
leased to the Union Pacific
The New York park commissioners have for
hidden the New York e. Boston Rapid Transit
Company to any portion of the parks
highways for an elevated road.
Runner has it that General Manager S. H. H.
Clark has offered ex-Trafic Manager T. T.,
Kimball, OF the Union Pacific, an important ap-
pointment on the Missouri Pacific
Supt Chas. Nelson of the c., FL. e ID. road,
yesterday turned to the Vandalia its pay
car No n. which he had remodeled for his use,
and in which ne made an Eastern trip.
The fact is recalled that in June the Ives
Staynor party tried to buy the Mackey roads
running northeast ont of Evansville, but Mr..
Mackey didn't like their style of doing business
The statement that the rate for thousand-mile
tickets over the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg had been changed is incorrect. The
rate for individual, non-transferrable tickets Is
still $25 each, or q cents per mile.
Tt has hna fbart horo 0ui1f hov
work done toward the construction of the ST.
Louis 81 Cincinnati railroad this fall and winter.
but that the material will be placed upon the
ground and the contracts for the ties let.
Manitobans much pleased over the report
that the Crank Trunk will next year form
connection with the Duluth, South Shore e. At
lantc. by which entrance will be obtained
into Manitoba over the Duluth & Manitoba.
The St. Louis & Cairo Shortline is likely to
grow into extensive system. 1t will connect
with the Huntington system at Paducah becom-
ing the St. Louis outlet for all the vast Hunt
ington system and then push on to Atlanta via
Decatur. Ala
President Whitehead. of the Nypano, will at
tend the annual meeting of the company in
England next month He will recommend the
double tracking of the road from Cleveland to
Youngstown, and reconstruction of the ore
docks at Cleveland.
The Southern Pacific Railway Company has
decided to reduce the present four per-mile
rates TO three cents five cent rates to four cents
and six-cent rates to five cents all lines
throughout the country controlled by the
Southern and Central Pacific Railway compa-
MES.
S. A Michael, who has been agent at st.
Mary's, on the l. & St L. for fourteen years,
will retire Sept. l owing to total disa bty. He
is sixty eight years old, and has been railroad
and express agent for thirty two years. He
retires with the kindest wishes of all with
whom he came In contact.
A Chicago dispatch the Wall Street News
says THE trouble with Lake Erie & Western
is the fact that the insiders who reorganized the
road are loaded with the securities of outside
bubbles which have steadily been shrinking in
the market, until the report is that their pro-
motors are pressed for money"
Thompson A. Wray, of North Madison, for
many years the old Madison road. died
Thursday. He was in his sixty sixth year, and
prior to 1859 was employed engineer. In that
year he lost He retained how
ever by the company as Waterman, and held
that position at the time of his death.
A rumor is prevalent that in order TO punish
the Alton for establishing outside offices in the
boycotted territory, the trunk lines will reduce
the rate from New York to the Missouri river
SIS. Guess not. The New York Central pas
senger department has been notified that it's con-
tract with the Rock Island for the sale of it's
tickets must be carried out, and the prediction
is freely made that the boycott will soon be
thing of the past.
The Burlington is building large bridge
twenty-five miles above ST Joseph, over which
will be carried all the Burlington e. Missouri
through passenger and freight trains which have
hitherto crossed the Missouri at Plattsmouth
Kansas City. Over this bridge, too, will be
transported the Denver-St Louis fast-maii
This is known as the Rulo bridge. and will be
completed by September.
Sometime since the Pittsburg. gainesville &
Fairport Railroad Company prevented in a
novel manner from laying its tracks across a
street at youngstown, 0. The fire department
was called out, and the workmen were driven
away by well-directed streams of water. A
small riot ensued but the city victorious.
Yesterday the railroad company began suit
against all the city officials. including the
hers of the Council. twentv-six persons in all,
claiming damages in the sum of $4,000
The Chicago & Northwestern probably will
complete grading on its extension to Republic in
the upper peninsula of Michigan this fall The
company's Fulch Mountain branch will be ex-
tended SO as to form q new line to Escanaba
over which will be hauled the ore product of the
upper Menomin ee range and whatever Gogebc
traffic is secured This is rendered
sary by the fact that now, with double
track along the Menoninee range, the business
is great that this branch Of the road is greatly
overtaxed